Regardless of what some might think, this industry has a lot to be proud of. Because of Internet porn, thousands of individuals have been able to change their lives and their fortunes for the better. Hundreds of models are able to control their content and careers by opening their own websites. Millions of surfers can explore their sexual desires without fear of being exposed in public. We give the lonely a place to go and help keep the desperately horny off the streets.

Most of us just want to make a living. We aren’t looking to be criminals. We simply want to earn money by providing adults with adult content. We learn the laws. We abide by the rules. We pay our taxes.

"Our entire industry gets the blame for the actions of a few scumbags."

Unhappily, there are webmasters that choose the despicable path. They cheat. They lie. They steal. While these types aren’t unique to the adult Internet, they only make things worse for those of us who run a legal porn business. Our entire industry gets the blame for the actions of a few scumbags.

It’s comforting to know that there is a bright light shining for all us adult webmasters who want to run our sites lawfully and honorably. Established in 1996, this organization was created to help stamp out one of the most horrific forms of human abuse, child porn. Adult Sites Against Child Pornography (ASACP) is a beacon our industry can point to that proves we don’t like CP and we want it gone as much as anyone else does, if not more. ASACP is a place where we can report suspected CP sites without fear of being caught up in a net of complicity. The ASCAP works with the FBI and the US Customs Service. They are authorized to view and report suspected URLs to the proper authorities. So far they’ve managed to report over 40,000 validated sites. The ASACP is a vital resource in the effort to end the scourge of CP.

While most in the adult Internet may be familiar with the ASACP, many aren’t aware that the site contains an excellent set of guidelines to help billers, webmasters and other industry professionals run their businesses professionally and legally. These guidelines are called Best Practices.

ASACP advises billers to know their clients. Visit the inside of their member pages. Make sure the client provides full disclosure of contact information as well as a statement “…that 'all models were 18 and over at the time of the creation of such depictions' and 2257 Disclaimers in a prominent position on the warning, home, splash, join and any access page.”

ASACP Best Practices recommends that search engines and directories “(block) all illegal terms during search and bidding and redirect to an anti-child pornography organization such as ASACP.org or NCMEC.org.”

For adult site owners, ASACP suggests they include 2257 information in the same fashion as mentioned above for billers. Also they advise page owners to research other sites that link to them to make sure those others are not displaying illegal content. As well, ASACP says to label promotional email with the subject line: “SEXUALLY EXPLICIT”.

There are other specifications listed on ASACP’s Best Practices page. You should read them for yourself at: http://asacp.org/bestpractices.html.

While you’re there read all the pages, especially the FAQ page. Learn that ASACP can’t help you with any CP you might find on P2P networks or in news groups. ASACP only deals with URLs. Discover the safe way to go about reporting suspected CP while you’re at it. Explore the ASACP Resources page where you’ll find locations to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, ICRA, CPAC and others. Read the ASACP history on their front page and get to know what this is all about on their Our Mission page.

Better yet, when you’ve gone and explored and researched and studied all the information the ASACP site has to offer, do the best thing you can do. Visit their JOIN page. ASACP will review your site to determine it’s CP-free and passes their standards. Once approved you get to display the ASACP logo on your page. You can become a supporter for as little as fifty dollars a year.